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Thinking about thinking: Rudolf Steiner and modern science

Hedley Gange
Elemente der Naturwissenschaft 66, 1997, S. 67-72 | DOI: 10.18756/edn.66.67
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In the course of writing an essay at the University of Manchester (Gange 1990) in 1989 I noted that some of the experimental investigations currently being pursued in the sphere of cognitive psychology are relevant to aspects of «The Philosophy of Freedom». I was interested particularly in the references, in chapter 3, to the process of observing one’s own thinking - «the most significant observation one can make». The book is addressed to the general public, especially those with an interest in science, and I was particularly interested in the way the book would be understood by the non—anthroposophical reader today. [...]

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